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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ELIAS C. PATTERSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137.385, dated April 1, 1873; application filed January 10, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS O. PATTERSON, of Rochester, Monroe county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper or Wood Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and true description of the same, sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to understand, construct, and make use of the same, reference being had to the drawing accompanying this specification and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, like letters referring to like parts throughout the same.

Figure l is a perspective view of a box with Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing the manner of attaching the fastener. Fig. 3 represents the fastener on an enlarged scale.

My invention relates to the lids of wood or paper boxes and a fastening for the same 5 and its object is to obtain a cheap and reliable fastener, and at the same time give additional strength to the sides of the box. It consists in a lid in two longitudinal sections, the one folding down upon the other, and a metal fasteuer for the same, consisting of a hook and staple. The two lids and fastener combined are the subjects of my invention. In other respects the box is made in the ordinary manner of making that class of articles.

A represents the closed lid of the box hin ged in usual manner at the' edge h. It may be a part or the full width of the top of the box, and it is supported by resting on the ends of the same. B is a portion of the lid hinged on the opposite side in the same manner as A, and folded down on the first-named section, which method strengthens the top and stiffens the sides of the box, and keeps them from warping or bending in or out. F is the fastener, consisting of the hook H and the staple s. It is cut out of any flexible sheet metal. The hook is about one and one-half inch long and one-half inch wide before the hook is formed,.which is done by folding about one-fourth of an inch of one end of the piece of metal over ou itself, and leaving sufficient space between the parts to receive the edge of the lid. sis the staple, made long enough between the prongs to receive the shaukc of the hook H, and the prongs are long enough to pass through the under section of the lid and clinch on the inside of the same. Just within the outer edge of the lid at O, Fig. 2, the staple s is attached to the same in such a manner as to leave a space between the lid and the staple for the shank of the hook to pass through and t tightly. The shank k 'of the hook is made to slide through this space, and the lid is turned down when the hook H is pressed to the edge of the lid, clasps it, and holds it securely.

By pressing the hook H outward or backward from the edge of the lid at O the shank 7c slides under the staple s and4 releases the two sections A and B of the lid, and the same opens and closes freely.

Having described my improvement in boxlids and fasteners, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A paper or wood cigar or other box having a lid in two sections, A and B, section B of any length or width, and section A of any width, and fastener F, consisting of the hook H, shank k, and staple s, substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of January, 1873.

ELIAS O. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

A. C. PAEsoNs, WILsEY G. BARNEs. 

